Walk Toward, Not Towards
In US English, you usually leave off the s on directional terms like toward, forward, and backward. Even though this…
Visible Plot Goal Gets a Twist
I discussed in the last post the need for you to establish your protagonist’s visible plot goal in the first…
One EBook Author’s Success Story
I’ve been reading with much interest individual success stories for previously unknown authors who chose to go the eBook route…
Amid and Among
Writers often get mass nouns and count nouns confused. Among is used with count nouns—meaning you use it with things…
Plot Goals ~ Seeing Is Believing
The most essential of essentials in your first scene is setting up your visible plot goal. Did I say visible?…
Publishing Predictions for 2012 ~ The Ebook Revolution Continues
Paula Krapf, a blogger with the author marketing expert blog, ended last year with a look at trends that took…
A Few Misused Words I Can Accost You With
I like to keep a list of words that are used incorrectly; here are a few. You might want to…
Yes, You Do Need a Theme
Last week we looked at the need to ditch all the back story in our first scene (well, actually the…
Eek! EBooks!
We’ve been looking at the explosive trend of eBook distribution and the decline of traditional publishing these last few weeks….